The Bachelor Baker by Carolyne Aarsen

Author:Carolyne Aarsen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2013-04-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Melissa sat on her bed and leaned back against the wall, the screen of her phone glowing in the dark of her room.

She should go to bed, she kept telling herself, but after Brian had brought her back to her apartment and had kissed her good-night, she fairly floated through the door.

She had gotten ready for bed, smiling at her flushed cheeks, her mind ticking over the surprising events of the day.

Then, as she walked into her bedroom, her phone dinged and when she checked it, she saw Lily had sent her some pictures from the picnic. So Melissa had dropped onto her bed, her finger flicking over the screen of her phone as she scrolled through the pictures. She and Brian getting ready to run, the two of them starting out, stumbling. Another one of Melissa almost falling. Then the last one, at the finish line.

Her favorite one.

In the photo her hair was a tangle of copper and her face was flushed as she looked up at Brian, who was looking down at her. His arm was still around her waist, his hair also mussed, falling over his forehead and glinting in the sun.

But what caught her attention was the grin on his face. Genuine, full of life and joy. And he was smiling down at her.

Her heart gave another thump as she enlarged the picture so she could see only his face. Tiny shivers chased each other up her spine as she thought of his kiss later on, how he had held her close, how easily they fit together.

They belonged together.

No sooner had that thought formed than she felt the usual resistance. The usual caution. Did she dare take this further?

It’s different, a contrary voice said. He’s different.

And he was, she thought, tracing his face with her index finger. He was the first guy she had spent any time with, or been attracted to, who had a strong solid faith. Who had a solid grounding in family and community.

That created a strong attraction, but it also made her afraid.

He could be the one.

She lowered the phone, dropping her head against the wall behind her as she looked around the tiny apartment. It was a bachelor suite, utilitarian and plain. It had come furnished, so she hadn’t put too many of her own touches here. A few pictures she had brought with her from her furnished apartment in St. Louis and a couple of knick-knacks she had gathered in her wanderings with her mother.

Only the few things she could toss into a suitcase.

This place, however, would be her home for longer than the six months her mother had ever stayed in one place. Longer than the year and a half she had spent in St. Louis after Jason left her hanging. The same amount of time she had spent going to school and even then she still moved every year as roommates came and went.

Here, Melissa had a two-year commitment to her business and no intention of leaving after that.

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